Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 05 Apr 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
14.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 9PM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)16s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.1
NW
1.2
WNW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)161616161212151515151414141414141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3292542512453363782802712152112642602531831781791751291291291271258584
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:20PM
0.97
12:48AM
1.45
3:34PM
0.91
1:24AM
1.39
5:19PM
0.90
2:10AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:29PM
0.75
8:26AM
0.04
6:53PM
0.84
9:24AM
0.07
7:20PM
0.90
10:30AM
0.09
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise------6:47-------6:45-------6:43-
Sunset-7:32-------7:32-------7:34------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181615141413131414141212121212141415141313131416
Feels °C (?)151414131311121212121010101111121112121112121314
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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